"Haven't you heard? I'm Sakamoto."
TL;DR: Not a series relying on plot progression or character development but a nice, funny watch for casual viewers. Has its similarities to Saiki K, Cautious Hero and Assassination Classroom but not blatant rips of content.
Overall would recommend it!
Plot: the plot can be summed up fairly easily, an intellectual attends high school and is placed in many largely social environments to which he surprises everyone with his endless capabilities. That said, if you're looking for a comedy series with somewhat of a plot you've come to the wrong place - This series requires you to stop thinking and just allow the content to be consumed. However, that's not necessarily a bad thing for a comedy series despite the reviews bashing how it has no plot... THAT'S THE POINT!
I'll be rating the plot 6/10 to be fair but I'd definitely not hesitate to rate 11/10.
Art & Sound:
I enjoyed the action scenes highlighting secret moves Sakamoto and side characters performed as well as the VA behind Sakamoto for the sustained effort in maintaining his expressionless vocals. Art is nothing new, fairly decent by modern day standard but nothing like Makoto Shinkai's film animation styles.
Character developement:
no. this isn't really a series to rely or even focus on character development, as naturally this will get a 7/10 for all the jealous characters that grew to enjoy Sakamoto's presence.
Enjoyment:
yes, liked it very much - 10/10
Afterthought:
This series shares many similarities with popular
anime than I thought: Firstly, I initially thought
it was a similarity between Disastrous Life of Saiki K
because the premise are fairly similar but as I've watched
further into the series, I noticed that it shares
similarities in terms of premise to Assassination Classroom
(especially in the pie-face classroom scene episode 12)
and Cautious Hero because Sakamoto is always extremely
aware of his surroundings and calculates steps ahead.
This series, if you don't focus on the fact that there isn't
much characters development or plot progression is an
amazing. However, I'd say it's much better to speed watch
considering how slow the scenes move, the VA don't talk
excessively which will make reading subtitles easy.
in a sense, through this series we can see Sakamoto
become tested in many different social environments
by jealous characters that end up being charmed by
Sakamoto's prowess after the episode finishes. This
does set up a repetitive plot structure on a per
episode basis but I can see how
character variation and Sakamoto's ability to
adapt and overcome his challenges to the
characters' surprise can be funny - This is a much
better suited alternative to comedy than the common
overexagerrated facial expressions I enjoy from other
comedy series.
I see that this series has a similar plot structure to
Cautious hero because of the episode structure generally
consisting of the first 10 episodes being comedic and
playful until the last few episodes where the antagonist
seems to show their true intentions - In terms of Sakamoto
Fukase would be the equivalent to the demon lord of
Cautious Hero and act as a catalyst for the series' climax.
